Post by tomis42 on Feb 15, 2024 1:48:46 GMT -5
Ten days ago German Chancellor Scholz told the media that he was against the bilateralization of the European Union enlargement process. The chancellor made this statement in the presence of Greek Prime Minister Micotaqis, who was on an official visit to Berlin. The chancellor was apparently referring to the non-signing by the ambassador of Greece to the EU of a circular letter authorizing the European Commission to open negotiations with Albania for some group-chapters of the membership project/treaty. Since this step requires unanimity from all member states, the Commission cannot act. As is known, Athens' motive was the Beleri case. 1-Identity veto We must give Chancellor Scholz the right. With the issues of the Balkans, EU member states have often abused their veto in Brussels.
Greece started this game Senegal Phone Number List in the early 90s when an adventurous foreign minister declared Macedonia an "enemy" on the charge of stealing its name, history and culture. Although in private conversations my politician friends have admitted that this approach was useless, the Greek public opinion defended itself with the idea of a "plundering" Skopje, making it difficult to compromise and the agreement that was reached only in 2018. So with this issue, for a quarter of a century, Greece blocked the path of (North) Macedonia's membership in NATO and the EU. In the same way, in some intervals, Bulgaria and Macedonia have also behaved. Sometimes with the claim that they denied that they were Bulgarians and now with the contradictory claim that they did not know the Bulgarian minority. Sofia has repeatedly vetoed the EU against Skopje.
In Bulgaria, a few years ago, this issue was taken out of the archives and trumpeted by a populist-nationalist president; he ignited the public opinion and as a result the anti-Skopje cause was embraced sometimes with joy and sometimes out of spite by the majority of the parliamentary parties. Wise personalities who considered this extremism absurd no one listened to them anymore. Read also: Obstacle to integration, dialogue holds hostage the recognition of the EU five The double language of Westerners for countries like Albania Even Skopje did not remain idle, provoking Greece by erecting neo-Hellenistic statues and Bulgaria by rebroadcasting the films of Tito's time that present Bulgarians as barbaric Mongols. But at the end of the day, there remains a veto with negative consequences for the region and Europe and motivated by identity and historical-cultural issues that are incomprehensible outside the region.
Greece started this game Senegal Phone Number List in the early 90s when an adventurous foreign minister declared Macedonia an "enemy" on the charge of stealing its name, history and culture. Although in private conversations my politician friends have admitted that this approach was useless, the Greek public opinion defended itself with the idea of a "plundering" Skopje, making it difficult to compromise and the agreement that was reached only in 2018. So with this issue, for a quarter of a century, Greece blocked the path of (North) Macedonia's membership in NATO and the EU. In the same way, in some intervals, Bulgaria and Macedonia have also behaved. Sometimes with the claim that they denied that they were Bulgarians and now with the contradictory claim that they did not know the Bulgarian minority. Sofia has repeatedly vetoed the EU against Skopje.
In Bulgaria, a few years ago, this issue was taken out of the archives and trumpeted by a populist-nationalist president; he ignited the public opinion and as a result the anti-Skopje cause was embraced sometimes with joy and sometimes out of spite by the majority of the parliamentary parties. Wise personalities who considered this extremism absurd no one listened to them anymore. Read also: Obstacle to integration, dialogue holds hostage the recognition of the EU five The double language of Westerners for countries like Albania Even Skopje did not remain idle, provoking Greece by erecting neo-Hellenistic statues and Bulgaria by rebroadcasting the films of Tito's time that present Bulgarians as barbaric Mongols. But at the end of the day, there remains a veto with negative consequences for the region and Europe and motivated by identity and historical-cultural issues that are incomprehensible outside the region.